Improvement in knife-scourers



F. o. HARvEY.

Knife-Scourers.

No. 133,645.v A Patented Dec. 3,1872.

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FRANK O. HARVEY, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

IMPRovEMENT IN KNIFE-SCOURERS.

, Specification forming-part of Letters Patent No. 133,645, datedDecember 3, 1872.

To all whom it may concern:

. Be it known that I, FRANK O. HARVEY, of Kansas City, in the ycounty ofJackson and State ot' Missouri, have invented an Improved Knife-Scourcr,of which the following is a specifcation:

The invention consists in a new article of manufacture adapted to beused for scouring knives whereby the labor of performing that operationis sensibly lessened, while the rapidity of its performanceis greatlyincreased.

Inthe drawing, Figure l is a perspective view, partly broken away; andFig. 2 is a side elevation.

A in the drawing represents a trough, in which is placed a block, B. Tothe rear of this block is hinged a corresponding block, C,

which is provided withV` a handle, D. E is a pin that projects from thelower block and enters a hole, F, in the upper one, when the two arebrought closely together. These blocks are covered with cloth, leather,or other pads, G G, that will receive and hold emery, brick dust oranalogous substance, or the pads may be made of wood or metal. Theoperation is as follows: The two blocks are held down and togetherby onehand, while the knives are passed to and fro'between them until all thetarnish is removed from their surfaces. Any dust or emery which iswithdrawn from the pads by the reciprocating motion of the knives iscaught in the trough A. Thus it will be perceived that the knives can berapidly and thoroughly cleaned, while nothing around is at all soiled.

The article is neat, cheap, and elfective.

The block B has two handles so that the top thereof may be held downwithout touching handle D, while the object of top handle is to preventthe scourer from slipping when not fastened down.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

The improved knife-scourer formed by the combination of the trough A,lower block B, hinged block G provided with the handle D, and the pads GG, all as shown and described, for the purpose specified.

FRANK 0. HAIW'ILY.v

Witnesses:

GEO. A. BLACK, JNO. F. SIMoNs.

